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groanest

groanest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of groan.

Meaning of groan

Verb

groan (third-person singular simple present groans, present participle groaning, simple past and past participle groaned)

  1. To make a groan.
    • We groaned at his awful jokes.
  2. (figuratively) To seemingly creak under the strain of being heavily laden.
    • That night the table in the outer dining room was just groaning with good things.1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 14, column 1
  3. (obsolete) To strive after earnestly, as if with groans.
    • Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, / Or that which groaneth to be so.[1633], George Herbert, edited by [Nicholas Ferrar], The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis...

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Origin of groanest

groan + -est

Questions about groanest

What is groanest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Groanest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of groan.

Words near groanest in the dictionary

  1. groane
  2. groaned
  3. groaner
  4. groaners
  5. groanes
  6. groanest
  7. groaneth
  8. groanful
  9. groanin'
  10. groaning
  11. groaning board

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